anyone going today or tomorrow? i got my press pass, but I don't feel not very enthusiastic about battling the crowds.

I was told the Spanish section is expanding, with more books from Mexico, Peru and of course Spain brought in.

"Lo urgente no deja tiempo para lo importante". MafaldaNone of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Eat the delicious food. Walk in the sunshine. Jump in the ocean. Say the truth that you’re carrying in your heart like hidden treasure. Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. There’s no time for anything else

SlowRain wrote:It's taking place on February 12-17th this year, and the featured country is Germany. Author Maukus Zusak will apparently be there.

How much are tickets? And, I know this is a long shot, what are the chances of finding good books on European and Asian Middle Ages in English?

Amazingly, the, ahem, international book exhibition seems to have overlooked adding the little detail of admission price to its English-language website.

One-day entry tickets are NT$100. Multiple-day tickets are NT$200. There are discounts for students and those over 65. People under 18 are free. NB: On the first day (Tuesday), the exhibition doesn't open to members of the general public until 3:00 -- though maybe a foreign face would be good enough to get you in during the exhibitors-only period of 10:00-3:00 that day.

As for the chances of finding good books on the Middle Ages in English, I'd just say that the chances are better than you'd have any other time of the year in Taipei. A possible find might be an inexpensive domestic edition of the Cambridge History of China. Some of those volumes cover the medieval period.

I love wandering the book show but probably won't be able to go until the weekend.